Now Emmanuel Macron claims AstraZeneca vaccine is ‘almost ineffective’ on over-65s as EU gives jab green light

EMMANUEL Macron has claimed the AstraZeneca vaccine “doesn’t work” on those over 65s despite medicine regulator giving the jab the green light for all adults.

The French President made an astonishing accusation about the lifesaving vaccine as Eurocrats escalated the jab wars – slapping export bans on Britain.

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Mr Macron said: “The real problem with AstraZeneca is just that it doesn’t work as expected, because there we have very little information.

“Today, everything suggests that it is almost ineffective for those over 65, and some say over 60.”

The French President’s comments comes amid a growing row between Britain and Germany over the efficacy of the AstraZeneca vaccine in over-65s.

Berlin’s health ministry has recommended the jab shouldn’t be given to under 65s because there’s “insufficient data” to prove it works in that age group.

But Germany’s health minister Jens Spahn admitted today: “We still have some difficult weeks of vaccine shortages ahead of us.”

But the European Medicines Agency signed off the vaccine for use on all adults – including the over 65s.

The EU Commission is expected to rubber stamp the approval later today.

The majority of people hospitalised with Covid-19 are over the age of 65 – and they are the most at-risk group for death.

Mr Macron complained that there was a “lack of transparency” in the data AstraZeneca had published.